quarantined
Held in isolation
Quarantined means isolated to prevent the spread of disease or contamination.
A person exposed to illness may be quarantined at home or in a facility: The passengers were quarantined aboard the ship for two weeks.
The term extends to anything separated for safety—a quarantined computer file has been flagged as potentially harmful and isolated from the system.
Put or kept apart
- secludedSet apart, private
- sequesteredRemoved from contact
- confinedKept within bounds
- maroonedLeft stranded and helpless
detached · segregated · removed · cloistered · withdrawn · distanced · partitioned
Complete separation from others
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- contagiousTransmissible between people
- incubationDevelopment before emergence
- symptomsIndicators of disease
virus · pathogen · transmission · diagnosis · treatment · patient · hospital · epidemic
Dangerous living organism risk
- decontaminationRemoving dangerous substances
- sanitizationCleaning to remove pathogens
- disinfectionEliminating pathogens from surfaces
- sterilizationComplete elimination of microbes
fumigation · gowning · gloves · mask · hazmat · sealed · antiseptic · filtration
Global disease outbreak
- curfewMandated return time
- stay-at-homeNot one to travel
- shelter-in-placeRemain indoors for safety
- self-isolationVoluntary separation from others
Wanting companionship
- anxiousTroubled by uncertainty
- boredLacking interest or engagement
- restlessUnable to be still
- trappedUnable to escape
helpless · disconnected · homesick · claustrophobic · frustrated · depressed · uncertainty · fearful
Existing in effect, not fact
- telehealthMedical care delivered remotely
- contactlessRequiring no physical touch
- livestreamReal-time internet broadcast
- zoomRapid movement or magnification
separated
Put or kept apart
- secludedSet apart, private
- sequesteredRemoved from contact
- confinedKept within bounds
marooned · detached · segregated · removed · cloistered · withdrawn · distanced · partitioned
isolation
Complete separation from others
- infectionPathogen invasion causing illness
- contagiousTransmissible between people
- incubationDevelopment before emergence
symptoms · virus · pathogen · transmission · diagnosis · treatment · patient · hospital · epidemic · pandemic
biohazard
Dangerous living organism risk
- decontaminationRemoving dangerous substances
- sanitizationCleaning to remove pathogens
- disinfectionEliminating pathogens from surfaces
sterilization · fumigation · gowning · gloves · mask · hazmat · sealed · antiseptic · filtration · airlock
pandemic
Global disease outbreak
- curfewMandated return time
- stay-at-homeNot one to travel
- shelter-in-placeRemain indoors for safety
lonely
Wanting companionship
trapped · helpless · disconnected · homesick · claustrophobic · frustrated · depressed · uncertainty · fearful · worried
virtual
Existing in effect, not fact
- telehealthMedical care delivered remotely
- contactlessRequiring no physical touch
- livestreamReal-time internet broadcast
zoom · delivery · bandwidth · e-learning · telemedicine
- invalidsinvalid, invalids, infirm, bedridden, incapacitated
- restricted areasno-go area, lab, cordoned area, buffer zone, safe zone
- cleanlinessclean, cleanliness, clean up, dirty, neatness
- nautical termsahoy, afloat, aye aye, aye-aye, becalmed
- availabilityavailable, unavailable, sold out, in stock, out of stock
- captivitycaptive, prisoner, detained, imprisoned, incarcerated
quarantinedfree
Without payment or restriction
unquarantined · mingling · unrestricted · circulating · at large
- quarantine facilitiesPlaces for disease separation
- quarantine lawsRules enforcing health isolation
- quarantine zoneCordoned space preventing spread
- health quarantineEnforced separation preventing contagion
- quarantine areaRestricted zone for contagion
- home quarantineIsolation period at residence